Feed-trough.



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WAYNE ZONKER, OF CORNNA, INDIANA.

Flai-:D-TROUGH.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 629,415, dated July 25, 1899.

Application filed March 1, 1 899.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WAYNE ZONKER, acitizen of the United States,residing at Corn una, in the county of De Kalb and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Feed- Trough, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in feed-troughs.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction'of feed-troughs and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eiiicient one designed for supplying feed to sheep and other animals and capable of being inverted and maintained in an inverted position to facilitate cleaning.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a feed-trough constructed in accordance with this invention, the feed-receptacle being in an upright position. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar View, the trough or receptacle being inverted. Fig. fi is a detail perspective View of the fastening device.

. Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a supporting-frame, comprising ends or standards 2 and top and bottom connecting-bars 3 and 4, secured to the ends or standards, which are provided between their ends with bearings 5, receiving the pintles or trunnions 6 of a pivoted trough or receptacle 7. The trough or receptacle 7,which has its ends pivoted to the ends of the supporting-frame, is adapted to be inverted to the position shown in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings to discharge any of its contents and to facilitate cleaning, and it is preferably divided into separate compartments `8 by suitable transverse and longitudinal partitions; but the construction of the trough or receptacle may be varied, as will be readily understood.

' In order to retain the feedtrough in an up- Serial No. 707,291. (No model.)

right position to prevent it from being accia dentally overturned by stock, a locking device 9 is provided, which locking device is also capable of maintaining the trough in an inverted4 position. The locking device comprises a hasp 10 and a swinging hook l1. The hasp is hinged at its upper end to one end of the frame by a staple 1-2 or other suitable fastening device, and'its lower end is proa vided with a slot 13, adapted for the recep-` opposite sides of the trough and arranged, respectively, to engage the hasp when the trough is in an upright and in an inverted position. The staple 14; is arranged at the upper edges of the trough, and the staple 15, which is arranged at the opposite side of the same, is located between the top and bottom of the trough, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The staple projecting through the hasp is engaged by the swinging hook, which is pivoted or hinged to the outer face of the hasp, with its engaging portion or bill extending transversely ofthe slot,and.it is adapted to be readily engaged with and disengaged from either eye. or staple of the trough, as will be readily seen. The upper end of the hasp is bent upon itself to form an eye for the reception of the pintle or fastening device 12, and the turned-over or inwardly-bent portion 16 is provided with a perforation,through which the upper end of the shank of the hook is passed, whereby the hook is hinged or pivoted to the hasp. The shank of the hook after being passed through the perforation of the portion 16 of the hasp is bent down upon the same; butinstead of pivoting the hook in this manner other means maybe employed.

The invention has the following advantages: The feed-trough is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and it is adapted to be inverted to discharge any of its contents and to facilitate cleaning. The fastening device, which holds the trough or receptacle in an upright position to prevent it from being accidentally upset by stock, is also capable of maintaining the trough in an inverted position.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction within the. scope ot' the tion of staples or eyes 14 and 15, located at IOO its shank engaged in the said opening, the

departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of outer or lower end of the hook cooperating the advantages of this invention. With the same end of the hasp to lock the lat- 15 What is claimed istel` to either of the staples 14,15, substantially appended claim may be resorted to Without 5 The supporting-frame, combined with the as described. l

trough pivotally mounted thereon, the staple In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 12 secured to the frame, and the staples lei my own l have hereto affixed my signature iu and 15 secured to the trough, the hasp havthe presence of two Witnesses. ingits upper end bent upon itself to form an WAYNE ZONKER. 1o eye which i's engaged with the staple l2, and Witnesses:

an extended portion provided with an open- AUGUST FRAAS, ing, and a hook 11 having the upper end of LEVI HARTMAN. 

